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Table 396.Classroom, home, and science activities of 9-year-olds in educational systems participating in the International Assessment of Educational Progress: 1991

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                        |          |          |Percent of|Percent of| Percent of |Percent of
                        | Average  |Percent of| students | students |  students  | students
                        | percent  | students | who read |who never |with 2 hours|who watch
        Country         | correct  | who read |  about   | conduct  |  or more   |TV 5 hours
                        |on science| for fun  | science  | experi-  | homework   | or more
                        |  test    |every day |  often   |  ments   |  daily     |  daily
________________________|__________|__________|__________|__________|____________|___________
           1            |     2    |     3    |     4    |     5    |     6      |     7
________________________|__________|__________|__________|__________|____________|___________
Populations             |          |          |          |          |            |
 (comprehensive)        |          |          |          |          |            |
                        |          |          |          |          |            |
Korea...................|  68 (0.5)|  25 (1.4)|  21 (1.1)|  19 (1.1)|  20 (1.2)  |  10 (0.8)
Taiwan..................|  67 (0.5)|  32 (1.3)|  17 (1.0)|  10 (0.8)|  29 (1.4)  |  12 (0.8)
United States...........|  65 (0.9)|  47 (1.8)|  32 (1.5)|  22 (1.3)|  19 (1.4)  |  25 (1.6)
Canada\1\...............|  63 (0.4)|  48 (0.9)|  20 (0.7)|  27 (1.0)|  12 (0.6)  |  22 (0.7)
Hungary.................|  63 (0.5)|  52 (1.5)|  36 (1.3)|  40 (1.3)|  29 (1.5)  |  15 (1.2)
Spain\2\................|  62 (0.7)|  54 (1.9)|  39 (1.7)|  40 (2.2)|  28 (1.6)  |  20 (1.8)
(Former) Soviet Union\3\|  62 (1.2)|  65 (1.8)|  33 (2.2)|  44 (1.2)|  27 (1.8)  |  17 (1.1)
Israel\4\...............|  61 (0.7)|  55 (1.3)|  27 (1.3)|  14 (1.1)|  36 (1.7)  |  24 (1.2)
Slovenia................|  58 (0.5)|  61 (1.2)|  40 (1.5)|  21 (1.1)|  15 (1.2)  |  10 (0.8)
Ireland ................|  57 (0.7)|  50 (1.5)|  24 (1.3)|  50 (2.0)|  16 (1.3)  |  22 (1.6)
                        |          |          |          |          |            |
Populations             |          |          |          |          |            |
 (with exclusions or    |          |          |          |          |            |
   low participation)   |          |          |          |          |            |
                        |          |          |          |          |            |
Italy\5\................|  67 (0.9)|  50 (1.6)|  22 (1.6)|  50 (1.8)|  27 (1.2)  |   9 (1.1)
England.................|  63 (0.9)|  49 (1.8)|  21 (2.0)|  11 (1.3)|  10 (1.1)  |  22 (1.9)
Scotland................|  62 (0.7)|  46 (2.1)|  22 (1.5)|  28 (2.6)|   5 (0.8)  |  24 (1.4)
Portugal................|  55 (0.7)|  62 (1.6)|  18 (1.9)|  22 (1.6)|  22 (1.6)  |  18 (1.6)
________________________|__________|__________|__________|__________|____________|___________

\1\Four provinces.
\2\Schools where instruction is in Spanish, in all regions except Cataluna.
\3\Schools in 14 republics, where instruction is in Russian.
\4\Schools where instruction is in Hebrew.
\5\Emilia-Romagna province only.

NOTE.--Standard errors appear in parentheses.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, International Assessment of Educational Progress, "Learning Science," by Educational Testing Service. (This table was prepared February 1992.)


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